Manufacture of billiard-cues.



0. CARLSON & H. PICK. MANUFACTURE 0F BILLIARD cuEs.

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WKN QN wml mwN 1w M a@ Aa i @E OLAF CARLSON AND HUGO PICK, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO ALBERT PICK 8c COMPANY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MANUFACTURE 0F BILLIARD-CUES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' .Application filed June 7, 1915. Serial No. 32,519.

To all whom it may concern.' l

Be it known that we, OLAF CARLsoN and HUGO PICK, residents of Chicago,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Manufacture of Billiard-Cues, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to the manufacture of billiard cues.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivemethod for producing billiard cues, having handles which are formed ofwoods or materials of different color and in which the parts of thehandle are formed so that they will permanently retain their design andshape.

A further object of the invention is to provide an'improved cue having acomposite handle in which the parts are secured together to give thehandle an attractive ornamental effect.

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings: Figures 1 to 6 are sections showing the. successivesteps in forming the stock for the handle. l Fig. 7 is a side elevationofthe stock shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the stock forthe ornamental handle portiony before it is placed on the cue and turnedto the desired shape. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of the handleportion of the cue. Fig. 10 is an elevation of a finished cue. Fig. 11is a section taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 9. Fig. 12 is a perspective ofone of the composite rings. Fig. 13 is a side 4elevation of a portion ofa handle embodying a modified form of the invention. Fig. 14 is asection on line 14-14 of Fig. 13. Fig. 15 is a perspective of one of theveneer disks placed between the rings in the modification shown in Fig.13.

In the manufacture of cues according to the present invention, a stripof rectangular light wood 15 and a strip of dark wood or dierentlycolored wood, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, respectively, and of suflicientlength to form the complete ornamental handle portion of a cue, are eachcut longitudinally on a diagonal line, as indicated at 17 and 18. rIhiscutting causes each of the differently colored strips 15 and 16 to bedivided into like triangular strips of the same size in cross-section.The strip 15 will then be severed into two triangular strips 15a and thestrip 16 will be similarly severed to form triangular .strips 16a. Next,one of the strips 15a and one of the strips 16a are assembled andsecured together by glue with the diagonal faces abutting, as indicatedin Fig. 3 and next, this composite rectangular strip will be cut on adiagonal line, as indicated at 19, across the strips 15a, 16a, so thatthe rectangular strip will be divided into two composite triangularstrips, each of which consists of triangular strips 15b and 16b ofdifferent colors. Next, the triangular strips arel rearranged, asindicated in Fig. 4, by turning the composite strips to bring the lightand dark portions into strips 15b, 16by into alternating arrangementandv in such position the abutting diagonal `faces of the compositestrips are glued together at 19.

Next, the rectangular strip organized as shown in Fig. 4 will be severedinto four composite strips by cutting the same on lines 20 and 21 sothat each rectangular strip will be severed into four compositerectangular strips,each consisting of a strip 15c of wood of one colorand a strip 16C of wood of the other color. Next, these rectangularcomposite strips will be rearranged, as indicated in Fig. 6, so that thedark and light strips will be in alternating relation and then theabutting faces of the composite strips will be secured together. Thecomposite stripthus formed will be of a length to correspondsubstantially to the ornamental handle-portion of a cue, as shown i'nFig. 7.' Next, a central hole 30 will be bored longitudinally throughthe composite strip and then the strip will be cut transversely ondottedlines 22 to sever the strip into rings 23, each of which will becomposed of alternately arranged triangular sections of light and darkwood. These rings are adapted to fit on a dowel pin 26 which may beintegrally formed with the body 27 of the cue or separately formed andsecured in a recess 27@L in said body. These composite rings are thenplaced on dowel pin 26 and are arranged thereon so that the lightsections of one ring will be disposed between the dark sections ofcontiguous rings and when thus arranged, the rings will be gluedtogether and glued onto the dowel pin. A butt 2S will then be secured onthe project Patented sept. 25,1917.

ing terminal of the dowel pin 26 so that the rings will be confinedbetween the vbutt and the inner end of the vbody-portion 27 of the cueand so that all portions of the cue will be xedly secured together.',NeXt, the stock will be put in a lathe and turned to the desiredcylindrical or tapered form andis to say, after each cutting operation,thev strips, instead of being glued together di-Y rectly, arey gluedtogether with a strip of veneer therebetween, so that there will bestrips of veneer in the rings between the sections thereof. Veneereddisks 31 are interposed and glued between the rings as they are arrangedon the dowel pin. These strips of veneer give a more finished appearanceto the sections and vmay be colored differently from the sections, ifdesired, to improve the design or appearance of the stock.v v 1 Theinvention thus exemplifies a method of making cues with ornamentalhandles, in which the handle portions are formedl of wood or material ofdifferent color or appearance, which can be produced at a comparativelylow cost, because all portions of the' stock are utilized and becausethe necessity of separately forming and fitting each of the small unitsis avoided. A cue formed be understood that othermaterial may be used.

It will also be understood that certain features of the invention may beutilized in copies of thisl patent may be obtained for making handlesfor devices similar' to cues, such as canes.

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the lprecisepractice set forth, since this may be modiiied within'the scope of theappended claims, without departing from the spirit and scope of theVinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

l. That improvement in the manufacture of handles, which consists incutting strips of different stock longitudinally, arranging and securingthe strips in alternating relation, cuttingl the composite striptransversely to form composite sections, and then rearranging thesections and securing them together in handle form so that the differentportionsof contiguous sections will be disposed alternately andlongitudinally;

v That improvement in the manufacture of handles, which consists inplacing longitudinally'extending strips of different material togetherin alternating relation, form` ing 'a hole longitudinally through thecomposite'strip, cutting the composite strip transversely to formcomposite rings, and

rearranging the rings and' securing them to' gether in handle form sothat different portions of the contiguous rings will be dis? posedalternately "and lengthwise lof the handle.

different material, the segments of one ring being disposed alternatelywith respect to the like segments of contiguous rings.

4. A cue, comprising a body, a tip, ,ai

handle formed ofv rings, said rings each being formed of segmentalalternating sections of different material, .the 'segments of one 1 1 803. A cue, comprising a body, a tip, and a e ring being ldisposedalternately with respectv to the like segments of contiguous rings, vand a pin on the cue body and extendingV through said rings.

' OLAF CARLSON.

HUGO PICK ve cents each, by addressing the,ommissioner of IatentaWashington, D. C.

